Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-04

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scene Peeple Th1nk.

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william SeloseR stopped IL Portland
losR enough 70 she'd sons tesrs upon
Inc sack 81 . &szss reporter aad d
write back % 4. Z. Ssars. Esq. 10 thi.
city. saying hs tkosaat tie business
mea Of Tacoma we're real ue4n ard
that be was RoiRe FiRht dosn 70 San
Francisco 10 tell General SpraRne on
them-oR words expressive Of thai idea.
There are men N Tacoma vho chsm-
pio8ed Sci yer even sftsE be hed faded
from vlew-hs and eli the train OF
beautiful air castles be had bofldsd.
They have 70 say for hsm that be came
With bnsicess proposition; that be Of
Tered 20 work 40 the matter IL be VS.
guaranteed $1,000 in stock and suit
Asie @lts. Hs was guaranteed this. as
suminR the coalition thai 5000
eoonid Be expended IN eoBslrnetion BE-
fore be became p0ssSsssd Of tue bonus
20 Zee aimpls. Il vas In this that be
failed ~ ohieago-to work the matter
up sell the stock and spend 81. 900 on
TIE tide hats. These fey (they are very
fes-in fast J7st one - far IS heard
from dirsctly.l think be should not be
ensured Simply besause be failed. Il
should Be stated, IN justice 70 this one,
thst be said 30 before it vas learned
that Selover hsd explained 10 Portland
thai be (SeloveFl had
~0KFERKD TO PUT UP
three dollars to every one dollar put no
By people IN Tacoma" that e syndi
cate OF capitalists we're profuas in their
promises 70 aid the enterprise. bat whea
It came 70 the time 20 advance the coin
they failed to Fespoad;' that she (Ssl-
OveFl aad bis business associates Ia
Chicago have ample capital and could
have erected the works themselves IL
they felt % disposed" that be "Ieft Ia
coma never 10 FetuFu," beoauss be de-
SPARED Of raising the small amount be
asked. feeling that eff the residents did
NOS have faith enough IN thsiF own town
70 invest little in 90 bsnsfoiaI an en-
terprise, that 10 did no. become aim 10
hsss all the faith and pat up all the
money"
No, certainly not. This statement
vas made az ths safe distance Of Port
laud-falriy within the ansm e lines
wnfrs toe atmosphere 10 m0st congenial
20 that sort OF talk AboRt Taeoma-and
bEs driven tksss whe lstely looked npon
5elJver - q sort Of Savior Of Tacoma
to rush int PRINT With full confession
IN which Selover's hair - metaphor
eally pulled. Thus the Sslovsr smelser,
Ehich lately gave % mach promise ~
a purely business affair, IL rapidly b.
coming 80 fanny THAI the dismal tide
Oats seem 10 see tbs joke aud laugh for
very merrIment. Wken Selover first
came here be vas smueQled about and
keeps under cover for weeks and the
SEAL or SECRECY
Placed upon the lips Of everybody who
W4s granted the rare privilege of speak
ing with him. The thoaRht Of limiting
a bis purpose In Newspaper vas te0
awfal 20 be sntert lined for a moment
the effect would be utterly disastrous.
For, don't you see." it vas explained,
eff it Is given out in 50 much as a
whisper seattle Will get on TO it and
will come down here with Offers to have
it located there and 50 will defeas the
plan. Has not Spokane FAll4 already
made him an Offer, and is not Portland
after simG Doa't say a word nntil 1t IL
all ixed."
30 Il wAs agreed that nothing shoald
be said until Il vas ali kxed. One day
a mysterious summons VAS sent around
10 the newspaper Offices t. tbs effect
that an item OF vast proportions and
unlimited possibilities IS TO head Ices
vas yeaFninR tn meet 3 reporter At The
Tacoma. The item would be Eat
home at 1880 precisely. dressed IN its
very best clothes. Promptly 81 that
time representative of the several
newspapers appeared as the hstel and
we're granted, With all the form that
introduction TO MIR. SeiOVer. A tall
man. fully SIX feet in height, contract
ing rapidly both ways (np and DOWN.
COLLAR AND SHOE
Than Grover Cleveland. form that
FaHdsred such a thing as his wearing
Mayor Mann's dress coat At q parlor
reception altogether Improbable.
THIS description 10 given with the
understanding that seloYer will never
mere return to Tacoma. OtheESise. IL
must be understood be slopes 10 other
directions and could wear the Mayors
coat IL the latter would lend 10.
Well, as Is known, the head lines we're
painted a bright vermiilion, bells we're
RUG, the small boys turned hand
springs Ia the back alleys, the Ere de-
parfment was called out and every body
Rrasped everyoody's hand and yelled
''she boom begins today"
Then there followed Q pause which
dragged Its sluggish length ever the tide
dats for such a length OF time that
housewives began TO let their children
20 dirty again while they leaned upon
the back fence to discuss With their
neighbors the cause. Tue rest has been
told. There seems 10 have been entirely
too much cause in q market that was
oVerstscked with il previously. Mr..
seloyer gradually lost that far Of. too
utterly -frigid aspect and latteFly was
known t9 90 % far as 20 smile aud nsd
to q newspaper man. After bis recent
return from chicago and f0llOvIng
TWO on THREK nTKAyIEws,
With the stockholders here in which be
Gas asked some questions that seemed
II occasion him much discomfort, be
caught MAYOR Mann nc . disadvantage
one evening IN she southeastern bay
wInd8s OF the Tacoma (thAt which
commands 40 uninterrupted view OF
toe D le-dFivsn q atsl and said 20 him:
mos look here"
"Eb he" said the Mayor, staying for
an instant the oeaseless swing OF his
bamboo e6nf.
what do you think OF this for plan.
suppose 90 stock this smelter At $3.50
COR We can affard then 10 let in tRe
people here on she ground dOsr ~ 30
ssuts on the d0lls'. What do yOo think
% thst for planP
Mayor MAna refused 10 tell him. He
did not waut 10 bust the big fellows
feelings lhrse thinRs CONCERNING NJ.
Selov.r are ineonsissent With bis Port
aud lament - will b seen 81 tbs nrsi
glance aud the pici uss Of DO b s'des OF
ghe late ma sterions scnsnns test was TO
he 81 sAerrdlv hnsGed uatil Il should be
"all fixed" Nos rushing into print and
calling each other "aDstber" u What
makes ths ghssily piles kack each other
over the tide a4ts for ~ nasrrIment.
ADVANCE ~ FREIGnfS.